Ruptured Music

(2012 end-of-year lists) – RADWAN GHAZI MOUMNEH

December 26, 2012December 31, 2012ChartsLeave a Comment

I asked some of my favorite musician and artist friends, from Beirut and beyond, to list their 10 favorite albums of 2012…
Alternately, they could also provide me with a list of the records they listened to the most in 2012, regardless of date of release.

Radwan Ghazi Moumneh (producer, sound engineer & musician, Jerusalem In My Heart / Land Of Kush)

– Eric Chenaux: Guitar & Voice LP
– Laurie Spiegel: The Expanding Universe LP Re-Issue
– مصطفى ابو الفوز : Cassette 2012
– Maggi Payne: Ahh-Ahh Music For Ed LP Re-Issue
– Arlt: Feu La Figure LP
– Dariush Dolat-Shahi: Electronic Music, Tar & Sehtar Re-Issue LP
– رعد الناصري حفلات : Cassette 2012
– Ahmad Zahri: Hip 70’s Afghan Beats LP
– Suzanne Ciani: Lixiviation LP
– Le Révélateur: Horizon Fears Cassette
– Andrzej Korzynski: Possession OST LP

(2012 end-of-year lists) – ZEID HAMDAN

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Zeid Hamdan (musician, Zeid & The Wings)
https://soundcloud.com/zeidhamdan

– Mayer Hawthorne: A Strange Arrangement
– Die Antwoord: TEN$ION
– Rover: Self-titled
– El Rass & Munma: Kachf el Mahjoub (Unveiling The Hidden)
– Alpha Blondy: Jah Glory
– Various Artists: Beirut Hotel OST
– Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba: Segu Blue
– Sheikh Imam (various tracks)
– Oka W Ortega (various tracks)
– Zeid Hamdan: Roundtrip OST

(2012 end-of-year lists) – ALLAN CHAARAOUI

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Allan Chaaraoui (musician, Lazzy Lung)

1- Death From Above 1979: You’re A Woman I Am A Machine
2- Cloud Nothings
3- Tame Impala: Lonerism
4- Zeus
5- Grizzly Bear: Shields
6- Free The Robots
7- Japandroids: Celebration Rock
8- Radiohead: The King Of Limbs
9- French Kicks: Two Thousand
10- Reverie Sound Review: An Anniversary Away

(2012 end-of-year lists) – NADINE KHOURI

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Nadine Khouri (musician)
https://soundcloud.com/nadine-khouri

– Patrick Watson: Adventures In Your Own Backyard
– Jess Bryant: Silvern
– Chilly Gonzales: Solo Piano II
– Fránçois & the Atlas Mountains: E Volo Love
– J. Allen: Wonder City
– Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas
– Flying Lotus: Until The Quiet Comes
– David Byrne & St. Vincent: Love This Giant
– Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
– Giant Giant Sand: Tucson

Ruptured Live // MAYA CHAMI // Of Men, Champagne And Victory Aside

December 9, 2012May 20, 2019News1 Comment

Ruptured presents
Of Men, Champagne and Victory Aside
Two live audio-visual presentations by Maya CHAMI
With music by Fadi TABBAL

Presentation #1
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On Sunday 16 December 2012, at 6.30pm
At ACT – Théâtre Monnot, Ashrafieh, Beirut
For information, call 01-202422 between 3&7pm [except Mondays]

Presentation #2
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On Thursday 20 December 2012, at 7.30pm
At Django Pub, Rue du Liban, Gemmayzeh
[Followed by DJ sets from Serge Yared & Ziad Nawfal]
For information, call 01-567535 or 03-157535

ABOUT THE PROJECT

“Of Men, Champagne and Victory Aside” consists of an audio-visual presentation, merging laptop-generated visuals and live music. It is a playful examination into the theme of the ‘victory sign’ in the Arab world, from the 1980’s to the present.
After examining archive material, endless possibilities of animating, overlaying and deconstructing of audio-visual clips are generated into a new moving image, liberated from the ‘flow’ of the media.
The outcome is a live audio-visual presentation based on a creation of remixed visuals and audio soundtracks.

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[This event is produced by AFAC, in collaboration with RUPTURED and TUNEFORK]

UNDER THE CARPET // Ruptured Session // 10 September 2012

September 17, 2012June 12, 2024Live On AirLeave a Comment

A few days prior to the launch of their 1st album at Metro al-Madina in Beirut, the French / Lebanese / Swiss trio Under The Carpet (Stéphane Rives (electronics), Fadi Tabbal (guitar & electronics) and Paed Conca (electric bass & clarinet), were the guests of Ruptures 96.2FM for an interview and live performance. The photos below were taken by Rachel Tabet.

Listen:
UTC Ruptures (part 1)
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UTC Ruptures (part 2)

Track listing:
Under The Carpet
Under The Carpet LIVE
Paed Conca
The Imaginary Soundscapes
Under The Carpet LIVE

MIKE COOPER // 2nd Ruptured Session // 27 Aug 2012

August 31, 2012June 12, 2024Live On AirLeave a Comment

Experimental folk musician Mike Cooper was in Beirut for a few days last week, to take part in the Johnny Kafta Summer Extravaganza live event, alongside several musicians from Canada and Lebanon. On a whim, I asked Mike if, instead of the traditional interview – songs – performance format, he would agree to play live for a full hour, uninterrupted… With his usual calm, he replied ‘Sure, I can do that for you’. And there you have it: a full hour of Mike Cooper improvising live in the studios of Radio Lebanon, with whatever instruments and materials he disposed of, on that evening. Fadi Tabbal engineered the whole thing, and it was truly splendid. Thank you, Mr. Cooper.

Ruptured Live // UNDER THE CARPET Launch Concert // Metro al Madina

August 30, 2012May 20, 2019NewsLeave a Comment

UNDER THE CARPET is the trio of Paed CONCA (Switzerland), Stéphane RIVES (France) and Fadi TABBAL (Lebanon).

UNDER THE CARPET is a musical trio based in Beirut, formed in 2011 by Swiss musician Paed Conca, French musician Stéphane Rives, and Lebanese musician Fadi Tabbal.
PAED CONCA is an experienced and seasoned musician in the fields of experimental music, improvised music and electronica. He has also written music for theatre, dance, film productions and small ensembles, and has toured extensively in Europe, Russia, Japan and Lebanon, with a vast array of international musicians, for the past 20 years.

STÉPHANE RIVES comes from the world of free jazz and improvised music, and has contributed on a regular basis to Lebanon’s Festival of improvised music, Irtijal, since its inception in the year 2001. He has written music for theatre, dance and film, and has toured extensively in Europe.

FADI TABBAL is one of the most active musicians in Beirut’s alternative rock & pop scene, as a member of several groups and projects, and as the owner and sound engineer of the famed Tunefork Recording Studios.